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“Urbanist” Erik Gonzalez lives where art meets advocacy

What’s an urbanist, you ask?  Erik Gonzalez—artist, rebel, designer, community leader—is a living example of a movement that’s taken California by storm.  Having expanded this summer to Washington state, he and his team pave the way for communities that want to engage the public through cultural and artistic events.  Urbanists Collective focuses on a creative calling that, through education, demonstration, and outreach, showcases art as it happens.

Poulsbo’s great experiment in coworking: Is it working?

We had a dream: that we ourselves—along with 15,000 other reported work-from-homers in Kitsap county—could do the work that we love, from the place that we love. That we could do meaningful, fulfilling work surrounded by people and ideas that inspire us—right here in Kitsap. And that we could do all of that without feeling forced to succumb to exhausting commutes, expensive coffee-shop hopping or home offices that all-to-often turn lonely. 

Photographer Brittany Kelley talks food, travel and adventure

There’s something both understated and dazzling about photographer Brittany Kelley. Maybe it’s because she hails from Texas (“Don’t mess with…”), or it could be that she artfully stills her mind for her craft. Or is it that she’s tall and blonde and witty, a wordsmith in her own right, who also comes across as truly steadfast when it comes to character? She’s got the right stuff, that’s for sure, in her presence and her passion.